Brian Roberts

Chairman and CEO, Comcast Corporation

Brian L. Roberts is Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. Under his leadership, Comcast has grown into a leading Fortune 100 company and is the nation’s largest video provider, largest Internet services provider, and the third largest phone company.  The Company is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.  Additionally, Comcast has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectator, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and a large multipurpose arena in Philadelphia.

Mr. Roberts is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) where he served as Chairman for two consecutive terms from 2005 to 2007. He also served as NCTA’s Chairman from 1995 to 1996 when the landmark deregulatory 1996 Telecommunications Act became law. Mr. Roberts is serving his third term as Chairman of CableLabs, the research and development consortium for the cable industry. He previously served as their chair from 2003 to 2005 and 1999 to 2001.  Mr. Roberts is a member of the Business Roundtable, a CEO only organization based in Washington, D.C.  He also serves on the Board of Directors for NBCUniversal.

Mr. Roberts has won numerous business and industry honors for his leadership.  In 2009, Institutional Investor magazine named him as one of America’s top CEOs for the sixth year in a row, and named Comcast one of America's most shareholder-friendly companies for the fourth year in a row.  In 2008, he was recognized by Big Brothers Big Sisters for his outstanding leadership in the community and for serving as a role model to youth.  In May 2007, he was presented with the cable industry's highest honor, the National Cable and Telecommunications’ Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership. In October of 2006, he was inducted into the Cable Television Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was honored by the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) for his commitment to diversity in the cable industry, and by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) for Comcast’s unprecedented commitment of resources to champion the PDFA’s drug-free message.  He also was the recipient of the 2004 Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.  In 2003, Mr. Roberts was awarded the Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award by the UJA Federation of New York.  In 2002, he was honored by The Police Athletic League of Philadelphia for his commitment to youth programs and community partnerships.

Mr. Roberts co-chaired the 2003 Resource Development Campaign for the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and was a founding co-chair of Philadelphia 2000, the nonpartisan host committee for the 2000 Republican National Convention.  An All-American in squash, he earned a gold medal with the U.S. squash team in 2005 and silver medals at the 1981, 1985, 1997 and 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Mr. Roberts, 51, received his BS from the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Aileen, live in Philadelphia with their three children.